This was my first and last visit to Sushi Katsu. I stopped by yesterday because their van parked out by the street has a sign which advertises they have clam chowder.
Upon entering, I asked the manager, who took my order, if they make their own
chowder as I thought it was an unusual item for a sushi house. He assured me it was homemade, so I said ok, I'll try it as I love good chowder.
While I was waiting for my soup, I was looking at the fish at the sushi bar as I
was thinking of ordering some sushi after my soup. I noticed some fish under
plastic wrap in the glass cooler where they prepare sushi from. It was dated
12-20-13. The date of my visit was 12-27-13!!!!!!!!!
I brought it to the attention of the sushi chef who was standing behind the sushi bar doing nothing as I was the only customer in the restaurant.
He said "someone forgot to change it" and just looked the other way. He did not even
look at it or try to verify that it was fresh.
At that point I decided I would not even consider eating sushi here as they had
fish at the sushi bar that had been there at least a week!!!!!!!!!!! WTF???
Ok, so the manager comes out with my "clam chowder". It was so obviously from
Campbell's Chunky soup can that I asked him again if it was homemade. He said yes but that he didn't have the right pot to make it in............WTF???????????
After taking 3 spoon fulls I reached into my pocket and put down the money to pay
for the "soup" and walked out. Canned soup is unacceptable in a restaurant and
I don't like being lied to. I also don't like seeing food in a restaurant that has a date of preparation a week old.
Although I usually just write reviews for restaurants I find exceptional,
I feel it necessary to write this review as this was by far the worst restaurant
experience I can remember. The food was horrid, I was lied to, and I observed outdated food at the sushi bar. I now know why I was the only customer in the place
NEVER AGAIN.